5:10 PM,
Feb. 23, 2014

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Poughkeepsie Mayor John Tkazyik said he will meet with personnel to make a decision about layoffs of up to 25 city employees after the Common Council failed to approve borrowing $600,125 to fund parking meters.

The 2014 budget includes $1.3 million in revenue that installing the parking stations was projected to generate. Tkazyik said with the loss of revenue of that magnitude, the only way to balance the budget is to cut spending through layoffs.

"It means about 25 layoffs and cuts to service," he said. "All that's left to cut is cuts to people." ...